as in malicious
having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it
a bitchy and vindictive boss who has punished workers who have had the gall to question the company's policies
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Recent Examples of bitchy
Moore does some of her most deliciously bitchy work in the second season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series.
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Most compellingly, Shauna has grown bitchy and maniacal following her baby’s death and Natalie’s ascent to leadership.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Urie and Newton shined as Marc St. James and Amanda Tanen, two bitchy assistants who bond over their love of fashion, celebrity and teasing Betty, providing plenty of hilarious quips through the years.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Most compellingly, Shauna has grown bitchy and maniacal following her baby’s death and Natalie’s ascent to leadership.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Urie and Newton shined as Marc St. James and Amanda Tanen, two bitchy assistants who bond over their love of fashion, celebrity and teasing Betty, providing plenty of hilarious quips through the years.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitchy
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2025
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Implement web filtering to restrict access to known malicious websites.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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This is cruel, unnecessary, and will further fan the flames of economic chaos for working families across this country.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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And for every San Antonio, there is a Utah or Washington or Charlotte that can’t believe how cruel the lottery can be.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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The Republican tax bill could push food assistance in Colorado into a vicious cycle of funding cuts, increasing mistakes in determining eligibility and further funding cuts to punish those mistakes, Gov. Jared Polis warned in a letter to congressional leaders Friday.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
16 June 2025
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Plaschke delivers a vicious uppercut to his opponent.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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Black said the synagogue has received hateful emails and phone calls.—
Rosario Del Valle,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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Hamas, Iran, and their allies and ideological sympathizers in the West have flooded the world with their hateful lies and antisemitic incitement since October 7 — lies designed to demonize Israel, the Jewish people, and their supporters.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
29 May 2025
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And some erratic vibrations were detected at points last week as the stark outperformance of year-to-date laggards over the top 2025 performers prompted some comparisons to the nasty momentum-stock reversal of February and March that upset the market well before the tariff panic.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
14 June 2025
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She quickly gets embroiled in a nasty war of blackmail and stalking, and with the help of an unscrupulous life coach, matters escalate way too far.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
13 June 2025
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That backlash was so bad that Raven stepped in to defend her wife.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
16 June 2025
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Things are indeed so bad that another source told the outlet that the two might not see each other again until their father dies.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
16 June 2025
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But what does our contemporary obsession — both spiteful and fawning — with Brutalism say about our wants and needs as a society at this moment?—
Anna Kodé,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Several diss tracks followed, with the musicians hurling increasingly spiteful insults at each other relating to accusations of domestic abuse, exploitation and pedophilia.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Bitchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitchy. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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